At the recent National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) meeting in San Antonio, a panel discussion focused on the utilization of biometric technology in the college and university market. The panelists described a series of biometric implementations–both new and long standing–that control access to facilities and privileges around the country. Highlights of the discussion […]

Membership Cards are Crowning Glory of Club Benefits Program The Tottenham Hotspur Football Club began humbly in 1882, when a local cricket team merged with students from the elementary school and formed the Hotspur FC. The Spurs, as they are now known, went professional way back in 1895, and won their first Southern League championship […]

Eleven million electronic social insurance cards to be issued Munich/Vienna, April 21, 2004. International technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has been awarded the contract for Austria’s planned social insurance card, known as the e-card. This major order comprises supply of a total of 11 million chip cards plus operation of an electronic card system, […]

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 31, 2004–Fargo Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRGO) today announced that it had been confirmed as an ongoing supplier of card identity systems for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) “Common Access Card” Project. The DoD has informed Fargo that it has selected the company’s High Definition Printing(TM) (HDP(R)) as its platform of choice for deployable […]

Details of many new governmental smart-card programmes were announced at the Smart Card Alliance’s 3rd annual “Smart Cards in Government” conference, as the growing focus on smart cards in the federal government more than doubled attendance at this year’s event. Government agencies that announced new programme details in ID credentials and physical access control included […]

SAN FERNANDO, Calif., Mar 11, 2004  – Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC), a global leader in automatic wristband identification, and Georgetown University Hospital’s (GUH’s) Blood Bank will conduct a pilot study to explore how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) wristband solutions increase the efficiency and reliability of blood transfusion safety. PDC’s Smart Band(R) RFID Wristband System will […]

Washington, DC—NBS® Card Technology Corp.•, a global leader in the secure ID card market, has announced today that it has been awarded the centralized printer contract for the Department of Defense’s Common Access Card (CAC) Program. Following an extensive evaluation process, the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) selected the NBS Horizon. Printer for use in […]

JCB Co. Ltd., Japan’s largest credit card company, is continuing its slow, but consistent expansion into the Pacific Rim area and the rest of Asia. A year ago, it had begun its initial forays into Taiwan and Korea. Today, JCB cards are starting to turn up in Thailand, Singapore, and China. “We now have significant […]

The Annual Conference of the National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) was a great event and a great opportunity to spot trends and changes in the campus card industry. In the following paragraphs, a number of these developments and observations from the event held early this month in San Antonio are highlighted. Look for […]

What imaging/card production software do you recommend to your clients and what card printers? Chris Rizetto, Director-Higher Ed, Vision Database Systems We recommend our RapIDcard line of products.   Typically for colleges or universities we recommend either our IDMS (ID Management System), or Pro versions because of their flexibility and integration capabilities with other campus […]